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Whether alerting the fire brigade, rescue services, police, etc., communication between the emergency services or with the local community operations management as well as regional and national operations management in the district and state - in the event of a crisis and especially in the event of prolonged power outages, communication plays a crucial role. In Tyrol, communication takes place via a digital radio network (digital radio BOS-Austria), which remains operational even in the event of prolonged power outages. This means that the emergency services and other actors can talk to each other even in the event of a blackout.
In order to maintain the radio network in the event of a power outage, the state of Tyrol and the Tyrolean fire brigades work closely together and have developed a concept for emergency power supply to the radio stations. This cooperation was recently tested as part of an exercise by the state's radio technology department together with the fire brigades of the East Tyrol district, the district fire brigade headquarters in Lienz and the district fire brigade command staff.
"From my many years of experience as a police officer, I know that from alerting to coordinating the emergency services directly at the scene of the incident - secure and constant communication is a key element in an emergency. This is particularly crucial in the event of a prolonged power outage. The support of the fire brigades is very important for our fail-safe radio network - many thanks at this point for the good cooperation," said State Security Minister Astrid Mair , who continued: "Such procedures for times of crisis must be constantly practiced and tested. Because in an emergency, it is too late to sharpen up. The Lienz district in particular is repeatedly confronted with disaster operations, which can also lead to prolonged power outages. Such joint exercises are therefore important preparation for an emergency."
radio stations with emergency generators
Maintaining the digital radio network in the event of a power failure is achieved through the A-location concept, which is unique in Austria: Selected radio stations - strategically distributed throughout the country - have been specially upgraded for this purpose. They can continue to transmit using batteries for around 36 hours - after which the emergency power can be fed in via generators. In the event of longer power failures, the local fire brigades activate the radio stations' emergency generators. This activation was tested as part of the exercise. "The exercise was a complete success. All 15 East Tyrolean radio stations of the A-location concept were supplied with emergency power generators in a very short time," reports district fire brigade inspector Franz Brunner .
fail-safe radio relay network
Technically, the A-site concept works via an independent radio relay network. "Radio relay means that two 'radio masts' that are at a certain distance from each other can communicate directly with each other without being dependent on public data networks or wired lines. The prerequisite for this is that there is visual contact between the two radio masts - even if it is several kilometers away. Thanks to the independent radio relay network of the state of Tyrol and the support of the Tyrolean fire brigades, the operation of the digital radio network can be ensured independently of public network providers and energy suppliers in the event of a disaster," says Bernhard Goßner , technical training manager for the state of Tyrol.
